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When a celebrity or politican — whose popularity is virtually guaranteed among gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders because of a personal trait (ie. large black singing divas, Democrats, straight actors playing "courageous" gay roles) — instead draws the queers' [...]

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> technosexual (tek.noh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A male with a strong aesthetic sense and a love of technology.
—technosexuality n.   Example Citations: Earlier this year, people who spend less money on mousse and more on mouse pads decided that if the style-savvy guys [...]

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—heteroflexibility n.   Example Citations: First, there was the term "homosexual," then "gay" and "lesbian," then the once taboo "dyke" [...]

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hasbian (HAZ.bee.un) n. A former lesbian who is now in a heterosexual relationship.

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"Say that you'd only just got used to telling your friends your daughter was a lesbian and do not relish having to inform them that she is [...]

continuous partial attention n.

A state in which most of one’s attention is on a primary task, but where one is also monitoring several background tasks just in case something more important or interesting comes up. Also: CPA.

Example Citation:
One of the most interesting talks came from a former Apple and Microsoft executive [...]

fug•ly (adj.)

frightfully ugly; of or pertaining to something beyond the boundaries of normal unattractiveness. Ex: “That ‘Kabbalists Do It Better’ trucker hat is fugly.”fug (n.)
1. A state of extreme ugliness. Ex: “The level of fug at the Video Music Awards is always hard to stomach.”

2. A proper name for someone possessed [...]

irritable male syndrome n.

Anger and irritableness in men caused by a sudden drop in testosterone levels, particularly when brought on by stress. Also: IMS.

Example Citation:
Feeling anxious? Irritable, too? Has the stamina that used to fuel days and burn up the nights hit the road? …

Check your engines, gentlemen. There are [...]

hedonic treadmill n.

The tendency for a person’s economic expectations and desires to rise at the same rate as his or her income, resulting in no net gain of satisfaction or happiness.

Example Citation:
Looking at the data from all over the world, it is clear that, instead of getting happier as they become [...]

clinomania

[fr. Gk klin- : sloping, inclining + -mania]
an overwhelming desire to stay in bed,
esp. on a snowy (or rainy) day

“Clinomania… Not a bad mania, as manias go; and a
reasonably plausible excuse for taking Monday off.”
– Peter Bowler,

sipid (SIP-id) adjectiveHaving a pleasing taste or flavor.

[Back formation from insipid, from Late Latin insipidus, from in- (not) + sapidus (savory), from sapere (to taste, to know). Ultimately from Indo-European root sep ep- (to taste or perceive) that is also the source of sage, savant, savvy, savor, sapid, sapient, and insipid.]

-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)

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